World Archery Youth Championship: India U-18 compound archers shatter two qualifying world records
World Archery Youth Championship: India U-18 compound archers shatter two qualifying world records: The Indian compound girls and mixed team on Tuesday broke…
World Archery Youth Championship: India U-18 compound archers shatter two qualifying world records: The Indian compound girls and mixed team on Tuesday broke
two Under-18 world records during their ranking round of the World Youth Championships here.
The girls team of Priya Gurjar, Parneet Kaur and Ridhu Senthilkumar combined for a total of 2067 to better the previous record by 22 points.
Priya shot 696 to take the individual pole, while Parneet Kaur (third) and Ridhu Varshini Senthilkumar (fourth) were the next best Indians.
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The Indian under-18 compound women’s team has cruised past the #worldrecord by 22 points, shooting 2067/2160 during qualifying at the world youth championships in Poland!#archery pic.twitter.com/gBs3NkNA7y
— World Archery (@worldarchery) August 10, 2021
American trio of Keane Sanchiko, Breanna Theodore and Savannah Vanderwier had the previous record of 2045 registered in Rosario in 2017.
World Archery Youth Championship: India U-18 compound archers shatter two qualifying world records
Priya also combined with Kushal Dalal (705) for a mixed pair tally of 1401 to break the previous mark held by Danish duo of Natacha Stutz and Mathias Fullerton (1387) at the Madrid World Youth Championships in 2019.
“I’m really happy but I can shoot even more than I did today. I have to shoot proper shots and try my best, then I can get even better results. My goal is to become world champion and I will do my best,” 17-year-old Priya said.
The compound U-18 team took the second place with Dalal taking the third place in the individual ranking round.
Reigning U-18 recurve world champion Komalika Bari, who is returning to the Under-21 age group of juniors, ranked sixth with 656 points as the Indian women’s team took the fifth place with a combined tally of 1905.
World Archery Youth Championship: India U-18 compound archers shatter two qualifying world records
The recurve U-21 men’s team, on the other hand, took the second place with Parth Salunkhe (663) leading the Indian challenge with a seventh place ranking in the individual section.
